River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
RETRosPECTION.


The following poem. written by Mrs. Jessi,
Bartlett Davis, has also been set TO music by tina
lady. The lines show that Mrs. Davis has tru,
poetic genius in addition to her great gifts as al
opera singer.
unused last n ght by my window,
Watching the moon in the sky,
A she rode In her ieecy-lined bower,
Coquettiug with clouds drifting BY.
The stars gemmed the bright fields OF azure
And one in the west glmmerd low.
/ Like the point OF flame mid the darkness
A dart for her siiver-bent bow.
When the world lay before ns in beauty.
I Like afairy-land wondrously bright,
We rambled it, pathways together,
Unheedful Of Time in his flight:
/ We, were blessed; but ali. the old story
Twas an answer, glance or tone,
That fatefuly severed two bodies.
Whose souls through forever are one
While you walk the dull pathway Of duty,
Another. lees dear, by your side,
Do you think Of the sweet pact, wonder,
OF our lives that are parted 50 wide?
\ Does memory bring back the garden
/ Twas an Kden 20 me with you there
I When the future was radiant With promise,
| SO false, 80 entraeingly fair!
| be best OF this life Is the dream life,
Uuhampered by duty or care;
When the soul soars aloft in its dreaming,
And communes with its complement there
We shall meet, though the mountains divide IS,
Or oceans between ~ may roll
Love laughs al the trammels OF distance,
And space cannot fetter the soul.
DRESS FOR RHEUMATIcs.
1t is sometimes said that this climate
is likely to produce rheumatism. at
least in some systems, and the follow
ing from the Family Doctor, in Cassell's
Magazine, may be read with personal
profit: Flannel under clothing, or call
il wool, is not a cure for chronic rheu-
matism, but it is so sure Il preventive
that l am justified in urgently RECON-
ending its use. Nay, further; with
out holding extreme views. like the
German doctor. would advise patients
who are subject to rheumatism or rheu-
matte govt to adept the wooden system
of clothing almost entirely, both by
night and by day. There is no reason
at all why the sheets of the bed should
not be of wool. pillow cases alone being
of linen. If this plan were adopted
there would be but little chance indeed
of catching a chill in bed. Once adopt
ed. so great would be the comfort OBJ
tanned and the safety ensured that the
linen or cotton sheets would he very
soon discarded.
l must here warn the invalid. how
ever, against neglecting to have these
wooden sheets or thin blankets regu-
larly washed. would carry ont my
scheme of wooden day clothing SO far
as to permit neither linen next to the
skin, nor. except on particular and UNI
avoidable dress occasions. linen any
where; and the same rules should be
carried out winter and summer. OF the
feet and limbs particular care should
be taken. The boots or Shoes-boots
are best-ought to be strong, of the
best leather, and roomy enough to adj
NIT warm worSted sock or stocking
being worn. These should be soft and
on no account should they be worn
after they become damp with prespi-
ration or otherwise.
Those who suffer from chrome rheum-
atism have often weak hearts; the
blood does not find its way back from
the feet with celebrity. and heat and
Precipitation are the result. Thousands
Of people not only catch cold
but positively catch their
deaths. through their feet. Why
win they not be warned? Socks and
stockings are cheap enough, yet | know
many who spend pounds on their backs
and begrudge pence on their feet. Two
pairs of socks or stockings week,
This is not enough. reader.
If yOn are subject to rheumatism or
have an idosyncrasy that points that
way. or if You are ever troubled with
acidity or heartburn. change the socks
once day. If YOU do YOU will live
To bless the Family Doctor for giving
YOU this hint. Persons of the rheu-
matte diathesis who do not wear wool
len clothing are very liable to chills
through damps and draughts but even
those who do dress rs | advise should
not expose themselves rashly.
POTATO sCAB.
Much debate has been held as to
the origin of this trouble and many
causes have been assigned. No explain
alton has been universally accepted,
but thu following deserves attention,
coming as it does from the Connect
cut Experiment Station, which is noted
for thorough work and cautious state
ment: The skin of healthy potato
tuber consists ola layer of cork cells
of uniform thickness and when the skin
is injured or a portion of it cut away
the wound heals by the formation of a
new layer of cork, which produces it
self in a manner very similar TO what
takes place when the skin of an animal
again forms over a wound. When the
potato tuber grows in water or when
the soil i kept unduly wet the cork
LAYER increases in thickness ut various
points producing a multitude of little
warts upon the surface. Where these
warts occur the cuticle is less resistant
than otherwise and decay of the tissue
underneath is likely to take place. If
the excess of water about the tuber con-
tinues for considerable time decay
sets i'm and the starch and tissues of
the tuber become diScOlOred. When
under favorable conditions decay is
arrested the cork layer forms be-
tween the decayed and healthy parts of
the potato and the potato is .scabby.
This affection of the potato is accord
ingly the result of excess of moisture.
either because of its texture or on ac-
count of the occurrence of a protracted
period of wet weather. Stable manure
and other fertilizers influence it as
they affect the state of moisture in the
soil. Stable manure may also aggra-
vate the disease by filling the soil with
the spores or seeds of mOulds or fungi,
which. taking root in the injured cork
layer, may favor decomposition of the
tuber and protract the healing process.
Saline fertilizers. like potash salts, may
antagonize scab by hindering the growth
of fungi
CAKE BAKING.
Calculating is perhaps more pro-
ductive of unsatisfactory results to the